January 2009
Deception and honest explanations work pretty well. Knowing what you wanted in the first place works best of all.
First stop Joshua Tree.
Wish I had prepped smarter for car camp trip. Need cooking gear. Foam mattress insufficient. Regret going computerless. Worried about cold.
Meditating in search of clarity in my existential turmoil over age, success, direction, work, and love. Hoping to hit the road early.
At La Cita in downtown LA. Having trouble identifying myself as a “So you’re the ___ ___ guy”.
Stop going on dates with women who are devout, but who don’t tell you before you go on a date. Stop it right now.
Made delicious stuffed portabellos for dinner. Impressed with the detailed instructions in Cook’s Illustrated.
MIT graduates everywhere I go.
Reading Siddhartha again.
Girls in L.A. are gorgeous, flirty, and really lonely.
Excited to unravel the SF bubble that has grown in my head. Hopefully a path forward will come to me.
Prepping for drive to LA & beyond.
Waiting at DMV to register the pickup I bought yesterday for $1.8k. I already regret car ownership. Looking at a camper shell cover soon.
I’ve gotten so used to the creature comforts of city living over the last 4 years. Now only a small pack with a couple days of clothes.
Headed to Santa Clara to look at a ‘92 Toyota Pickup with 200k miles for $2.2k. Overpriced, we’ll see if I can talk the guy down.
Homeless again, homeless again, jiggity jig.
Doh! Lame. I’ll find some couch though.
Hike in Marin’s Alpine Lake.
Waiting for @natfriedman to confirm dates for going to visit him in Munich.
First day of leave.
Slow day. Learned to gut and fillet a mackerel we bought yesterday at the asian market. Tasty!
New Noisebridge project: Attacking FDE hardware... →
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Mitch in the Jardin du Luxembourg →
Mitch in the Jardin du Luxembourg Originally uploaded by ioerror
The inventor of the TV-B-Gone and a Noisebridge member from the start.
Paris by night →
Originally uploaded by kate.young.
We had a mini mask party. Somehow I was voted most likely to be the Chiquita banana lady.
Karsten bouncing on the slackline →
Karsten bouncing on the slackline Originally uploaded by ioerror
Karsten showed me the ropes of using a slackline.
Childs play →
Childs play Originally uploaded by ioerror
Germans have the strangest playground equipment.
Leah in the Jardin du Luxembourg →
Leah in the Jardin du Luxembourg Originally uploaded by ioerror
Paris is best with a guide and Leah was superb.
Watching paramedics fail to resusitate after an accident, on my way to testdriving a car.
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Retweet @mutgoff: on a conference call with Obama! The real Obama!!
Lost my glasses. Had them for 6 glorious pseudo-intellectual years. Feeling a little wobbly.
Yes i want to live with all you crazy people in your big warehouse.
Welcome to the age of information protectionism.
Oh the idles of devilish drug manufacturers.
Paris →
Originally uploaded by katieblue
A photo in the Grand Palais in Paris.
Guesstimating about 3 hours lost to CalTrain commute today.
Boston.com - Ideas - Globe →
Toes Dream of Peace… Care of a lot of hard work by Rosy Heels Salon in SOMA. http://snipurl.com/9qc4y
Favorite quote of the day: “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” — Knuth (probably)
Just sent my going away email. Scary/exciting.
So the big news is that I’m going on personal leave from VMware in the next couple weeks. So excited to finally go to Nepal for Annapurna!
Anyway, Pyro will live again some day! Built on webkit and with an app store! And Gimmie-like UI for launching! … Sigh, I need a drink.
Why’d I ever waste so much time writing software for free instead of school, travel, getting rich, and making babies?
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Sick of being sick :-(
I too am bemused at the awesomeness of the Palm Pre. Tho size is a concern… looks like a warpig.
How the city hurts your brain - Boston.com →